Announcing the Summer Tabla Workshop Scholarship 2016!

It gives me great pleasure to announce that for the second year in a row, a scholarship is available for this year's annual summer tabla workshop! Thanks to a generous donor, the scholarship will cover the $300 tuition fee for one lucky student, who might not normally have been able to afford to attend otherwise. Additionally, if the participant does not have tabla, a pair of tabla will be made available for the duration of the workshop. The workshop takes place daily, from June 27 to July 3, 2016, at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University, Montreal.

To apply, please submit the following to shawn.mativetsky (at) mcgill.ca :

Name, address, telephone number, e-mail address

A video, not longer than five minutes, demonstrating your tabla playing. It is recommended that you upload as a private video on a video hosting site (YouTube, for example), and to then e-mail the URL. (If you have never played tabla before, please contact Shawn to discuss alternatives.)

A letter, maximum 500 words, detailing your goals with regards to tabla and your intentions for the workshop. As the aim of the scholarship is to offer financial assistance to a student who would not normally be able to afford to attend, it is important that this subject be addressed as well.

Candidates have until February 1 to submit their applications. The successful candidate will be notified within the weeks that follow. Late applications will not be accepted.